Two people were found dead Friday morning in a Greenville County home both died in a murder-suicide, according to Greenville County Coroner Parks Evans.

Sgt. Jimmy Bolt with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said deputies got a 911 call about 9:30 a.m. for a welfare check at a home on Augusta Road near Emily Lane in the Piedmont community, Bolt said.

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Evans said the investigators were called to the home about a suspicious note left on the front door of the residence.

Upon entering the home, deputies found the body of 80-year-old Emily Jean Pace. Evans said she died from a gunshot to the head, and her death was ruled a homicide.

Glenn William Pace, 83, also died from a gunshot to the head. The coroner ruled his death a suicide.